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There is this incredible, cool, liberating feeling after hours of debugging complicated code when it finally works. A professor of mine called this an

algorasm: n. (Origin: blend of algorithm + orgasm) A sudden, short-lived moment of pleasure enjoyed by the programmer when the final kludge rings the bell.

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Re^4: Why do we like to program?
by Annoymous Monk (Sexton) on Nov 09, 2008 at 23:00 UTC
    Yeah, you know it! :)